bringing you the latest news and information from around the world this is r t direct from russia's capital moscow. a snout to cable has a forced rescuers to restart the complicated operation to lift the massive bulge area cruiser that sank a week ago claiming one hundred twenty nine lives. the murdoch media phone hacking scandal claims another v.i.p. scallop has britain's top cop quits over police connections to journalists suspected of criminal behavior former news international chief executive and news

of the world editor rebecca brooks was arrested earlier in the day and rondo. and the libyan rebels have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority in the country by the u.s. and thirty other countries but colonel gadhafi remains a defiant and valves never to leave libya as nato airstrikes continue. and a transatlantic a cash crunch as america's struggles to raise its debt ceiling in time to avert a default of the euro crisis and spreads adding more pressure on the single currency. next archie hears from the captain of a vessel whose crew leapt to the rescue of survivors in the volga river tragedy last week. captains aren't thank you very much for this interview was the first to come to the rescue the sinking cruise ship garia how did you get to know about the tragedy.

yes we were the first to help we were sailing in the same direction as the bulgaria and we picked up on the radio just bits of conversations between some ships we couldn't make out what the ships were we heard them talk of seeing people overboard and speculating that it looked like a boat or a small ship it capsized once we heard that we put on more speed to get there faster when we did arrive at the tragedy site we saw terrible things and only when we realized that it was the pleasure gary of that it sunk to the true scope of the disaster strike us. how long did it take you to get to the scene. but. i would say about five to ten minutes fifteen at most from the moment we heard the radio talk it all happened very quickly as we were nearing the site we began to figure out how many people there were in the water although that was hard to do because there was a lot of rubble floating around as well it was very hard to pick out individual people from among the floating debris it was truly a tragic picture that we saw what condition where these people are where they can

extract the song. when we got them on board we had so much to deal with of course they were planning stricken they were in deep shock what happened is quite horrible my crew members who were involved in rescue works deeply involved to some people were in a dreadful condition many were injured they had over their skin because when the ship sank the fuel oil came up to the surface and spread everywhere and covered the people that made rescue even harder because the oil made the victims greasy and hard to get a holes to pull them on board seeing children in da condition was particularly heartbreaking. and probably it was very hard on survivors. had lost family members in the tragedy. as far as i know although it may be wrong but i understand that only one family survived the wreck without losing any members most people did lose their close and loved ones and yes indeed it is very hard for both on the survivors

and on us to we all feel very deeply for them. right i was just the guts to ask you how your crew were coping with it and how are they doing now it must have been hugely stressful or was there a double as we couldn't afford to think about stress we had to do all we could to prevent panic spreading of course each of us felt it deep inside but we had to remain professional to control our feelings. and succeeded in saving some of the people that's how the seven seventy one how to do that was there anything particular that helped. you know i find it hard to say what helped us because after that storm there was a brief period of calm and it happened just as we approached the wreck site that short moment of camelot is to pull people on board but once the rescue operation was over and we went to investigate the wreck site again the rough weather came back over the water was very rough again we got there just in time for the crew when i already said that they performed in the best possible way everyone acted

very competently the speed of the crew significantly helped save people's lives they just wanted to get the job done how many passengers were on board at that time and how did they react. and what the arabella was taxed to full capacity at the time one hundred fifty passengers they acted like heroes are you this loud were deliberately they helped a lot i consoled the injured and there were doctors among the tourists on the hour a valid basis of the ship's medic as he rendered first aid and they gave a lot of psychological support to survivors it was very important. that the people who survived the ship tracked all the journalists that when they found themselves in the once out under boat sank they were instantly cope and of that water that's the rock and then popped out to the surface again one observer sat and thought it looked as though the sinking boat from the sort of funnel that put everything in what happens in reality the more than that of course a sinking boat can pull objects floating on the surface under the water because of

the huge water displacement that churns the water it wolf whirlpool that can suck people live about it people who were afloat when the ship sank must have found enormous strength to fight the whirlpool and return to the surface it is difficult to tell because i have never been in their shoes and i can't imagine what it would be like had they been the one for if we picked them up at the podium i can't be precise about that but i think they were in the water for half an hour or so some of them a try to get into life rafts others were still in the water it's just. there are a few theories of how this tragedy could have happened and one of them sas tracked down the facts and saw the bulgarian talk some time before the sinking in fact so you know that you see not all technical defects can be seen from outside experts say that the cruiser listed to one side a book with i don't know how dangerous this was for the passengers because i'm not a lady with ships of this type i never worked on that design of the young but it

listed and everyone knows it as for the technical state of the cruiser i say again but i can't pass judgment because i never inspected its engine but it is very difficult to tell if you don't know the particulars on your eyewitnesses francisca devoted to the ride even when it was dark so losing was visible i'm not sure it was worth so because i wasn't there and i want to ask you this question is it true what you know about the good of you i told you just now that the boat was listing but i can't tell you how critical it was to the ship. did you happen to talk with the crew of the bulgaria before the boat sailed what were they thinking if they considered the possibility that something might happen if they tell you about it that it was the end of the bull when the arabella dr bull got it and it was one of the plans stop spreading we don't get by the second birth while the bulgaria was tied to the first one they were leaving in eleven o'clock and we stayed till thirteen hundred hours. when they were sailing off we had to maneuver in order to let the boat out and continue with cruise when we berth in the morning i went

ashore and sort of the former captain of the boat in the current second mate of the bulgarian to me it was a little of in the center of the name jack healy worked with the bulgaria from the very beginning well back in the times when she was called ukraine he was the captain of the ukraine but old age prevented him from remaining in charge because it is an exhausting post the captain works very hard and it's too charming for an old man he realised this and decided to step down to the next position because it is easier and better for the older man he did not want to leave the bulgaria ukraine. his mother ship and i approached him and we chatted a bit we shook hands and i asked him mr nozzle if you're tired of sailing at your age and he told me with this sadness you know that he's got nothing to do at home his wife had passed away a few years ago and all that was left for him as a consolation was his job with the most memorable thing he told me that stuck in my mind was point he said he didn't want to sail this year but i don't know i just

didn't feel like sailing this season and then this thing happened and seen from the way you're attacking this story is no longer alive that was a hoax or that's right sadly he is gone and his body was recovered and identified it's such a pity he was a good man and a true captain such a pity isn't true that the ship sank really fast but i just yes you know i've spoken to some of the witnesses i mean survivors of course there are different versions but i attribute this to shock because they just couldn't get their thoughts together and were rather confused about it but they still say it took the ship something like two or three maybe five minutes to sink and that really is a very short time but it is difficult to lower any boats a raft in the meantime with a strong lurch like that some have and that suggest that it is possible that the accident could claim so many lives because it all happened so fast right so let's talk about. that as many crane possible carrier that they were just passed by we're

going to stop at the scene what was going on a credit a part of i saw well we were approaching the site of the tragedy practically simultaneously with one other vessel a heavy duty topo to the large part maybe it was a little bit ahead of us i don't know why they didn't stop in front of the site if they saw it happening and i can't say whether they saw it all leadership but by the time they decided to hold and come to the rescue we were already there you are down i don't know maybe it was because of the ship's nascar jurisdiction and inertia maybe they had tried to stop earlier than dosh. we were there and the ship's presence at that spot could be counterproductive and hazardous for the people who were in the water and below the surface. in that situation it was paramount that we avoided panic and assessed the situation with what was necessary to observe the scene of the accident and it was necessary to start rescuing people immediately but anyway i think we did a lot faster than this other ship could have because at that moment there was just

so little time for both of us with both of you have granted contact with us we had contact but we just exchanged a few phrases i merely told her chart about it was pointless for him to try to rescue anyone at that moment and i asked him to move ahead a little so as not to impede our rescue operation at that moment there was no use for his help that's what i can tell you maybe if it had been rendered earlier it could have come in handy but at that time there was no point in it and a sandwich you don't want to blame anyone but at that moment it was already too late bracket they're in there you would have to hold the ship lower a boat but we were already approaching the site in our ship i already have boats afloat and advancing towards the site and his boat but couldn't do we were practically beginning to collect the people from the water once again i'm not trying to accuse him of i don't know his vessels mass and inertia characteristics maybe he needed much more time to start his ship and no real blows i wouldn't rule out actually i was just assessing the situation realistically i thought moment and i think or that there was no use for his boat there at the time you see what was

supposed to play out is in that situation or not of course i'm the captain of one ship he is a captain of another ship i couldn't give him any orders or instructions because he didn't report to me and now some people in the press are already twisting the story saying i ordered him not to stop it had been rice cursor and had been the captain of the other ship trying to return i should move on and your help wasn't now here's what would you do. if i can't imagine myself a captain of that ship i don't want to offend anyone it's just that i don't know. what i would do if i were in his shoes at the moment and if i had seen all that happening right in front of me or simply sold people overboard i swear i would have done the same as i did being on my ship thank you very much.

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economy because the report. is cable has forced rescuers to restart the complicated operation to lift the massive cruiser that sank a week ago claiming one hundred twenty lives. the murdoch media phone hacking scandal claims another v.i.p. scalp as it britain's top cop quits over police connections to journalists suspected of criminal behavior former news international chief executive and the news of the world editor rebecca brooks was arrested earlier in the day in london. and libyan rebels have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority in the country by the u.s. and thirty other countries but colonel gadhafi remains defiant defiant stand to

val's never to leave libya as nato airstrikes continue. and a transatlantic cash crunch as america struggles to raise its debt ceiling in time to avert a default involve a euro crisis spreads adding more pressure on the single currency. the latest goings on in sports is next with unit. christoper with us this is what's there plenty of head in moving. in memory but yeah she cup international under twenty one tournament sees german side freebird triumph in the buff school. record breaker natalia shank is the toast of the swimming world once again claiming a level and synchronized global crime in shanghai. on treating continents one of

poskitt goals talk point guard the wrong williams signs a one year contract with turkish club but she was the first high profile star to leave the n.b.a. for europe because the beyond going to lead her to speech. that we hadn't reached the top ten of a major tournament for ten years put darren clarke is today at the top of the world golfing tree the northern irishman winning the british open by three shots clark are. before the event entered sunday's final round holding a one stroke lead to in the country tyrone native didn't let the wind rain put him off falling off the second place during of dust and johnson and phil mickelson only seven players french in color above it in sun which. of seventy the very definition of consistency up royal st george's the forty two year old finally raising a lofty fame or a joke after twenty attempts as a pro becoming the third northern irishman to win

a major in just thirteen months let the party commence planning clark's hometown of . let's get the latest from the tour de france the isle of man is mark cavendish winning stage fifteen of the riders approach the mediterranean sea thomas voeckler though he still holding on to the overall leader's yellow jersey after that one hundred ninety two kilometer run from the mouth to montpellier a twenty six year old to. been issuing his nineteenth career speech when our fourth of this series addition sprinter's joe mandating on the stage is mostly flock to rain as expected speed specialist tyler for are. coming in second and third freshman vocal are still gliding the locals who go on the yellow for the seventh straight stage. and have yashin cup is heading to germany freberg dominating in this year's event which puts together select european under twenty one squads in moscow robert downey and explains all. he is the pride of soviet

and russian food will live yashin was central in his national team's biggest achievements winning olympic gold in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and then they use the service first european championships four years later he's still the only goalkeeper in the history of the game playing the european football of the year award in ninety six and three and was billed as he was best shot stopper of the twentieth century. decades later dinamo must go the club where yes and spent his entire career strive to keep his legend the life the live yashin cup and international tournaments for under twenty one teams an essential part of his plan although yes and successor is the young gentleman hopefuls as still some work to do to fill your shoes boots after losing to or keep their grudge in the semifinals and

must go its own head to head with everton in third place game they clash which was tough going for the hosts from. the english side we think a number of gilt edged chances in the first half including and most now think after the break the visitors were left with ten men when our students received a second yellow card but that didn't help the nama everton the team who promptly brule the deadlock. only netting style here one. anonymous for a leveller then kills the russians again cook on the counter-attack but only claiming his brace here for a final scoreline of two nil it was nice to chat so it's a good lesson for us we have to be strong european schools and test ourselves against and this is the only way to produce our own generation our skilful players . are not all credit to the players you know so. it's more difficult to play

against them. so they showed the i thought we maybe should have been leading a hard time maybe or by at least a couple of goals. so to come out second half and sort of quarter gold was very pleasing this field came to the final vs good and it was the germans who still the shoot just the. three groups of bill aziz opening his team secure and an issue that didn't spook move one mitch turning into go with the spectators able to choose their favorite six new one stuart with three books the answers hoovering the peak of their peers from england serbia and russia germany. it's good to model so we have to train passing passing cars like this in boston or not they're really good. looking for barcelona and try to bring some of these young

hopefuls every chance to perform at the twenty eighteen world cup bid for smiles to be filled in russia or britain on r t. and i tell you it is shameka has today forever etched her name into the annals of synchronized swimming the russian becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest poll at the finals and shanghai the twenty five year old giving her country the first medal of the tournament as well winning her third straight world championships and an impeccable formants in the solo program seeing a shank its core ninety eight point three points out of one hundred mark topping the local favorite belying chan welspun eight hundred four entities took the last spot on the podium this term is far from over for two thought as it made beijing gold winner ashamed to though it will instead of is expected to add to russia's medal haul in the upcoming jewett and team since.

three piece top five riders this year produced quite a spectacle of the german grand prix on sunday. prevailing over a pole sitter casey stoner and reigning champion jorge lorenzo after a race long battle of the suction ring circuit producing getting off to a blistering start in his honda from second place in what would prove the start to finish battle for dominance teammate sooner was on willing to budge though early on with lorenzo also in the mix after starting from third person has quite a liking for the truck driving one year for previous times in different engine classes this minute eventually rounding the circuit for victory in just his second race after returning from collarbone surgery. a second stoner third australian story still leads the overall standings though fifteen points ahead of lorenzo. one of the n.b.a.'s elite point guards will be wearing the chic this colors next season duran williams officially putting pen to paper with the turkish club for one year

as the locker choose no sign of being lifted stateside the twenty seven year old contract important is worth some five million dollars williams could ever head back to the new jersey nets early if the american league leader issues are resolved georgia native zaza pachulia will also be joining up with d.-wil leaving the atlanta hawks for a european adventure is no stranger to n.b.a. talents having briefly employed the league's four time scoring champion and former m.v.p. alan iverson. and finally brazil's allison out of money well i've won the moscow leg of the beach volleyball world tour with the fourth edition of the tournament coming to an end in the russian capital on some of the thing they have to contend with a tarantula on poor but held their nerve to seal victory and then for all in final i can't switch. once again there was a russian team insights a men's competition reached for a medal rounds heavy rain had been falling in moscow since the early morning thing

fleet of cleared by early afternoon the best crowd of the event great overcast skies to watch what they hoped would be some really close beach volleyball action. on course was the american jew todd rogers and filled our house we took on paying and who really needs and wants was a rematch of last year's final. call the still damp up of a heavy rain this had both his pros and cons makes it harder that yeah he's right here you just where is there an ice for much itself proved to be a cracker of momentum swing back and forth between the pair is however it was the reigning olympic champions who held the nerve to take it in freeling third time break and gain some revenge for a defeat in moscow today chinese opponents last year it's in the middle of the season and enter through so are usually well but this matter here was like the exact same match last year except we came to that which was which is that you will

go back the final so brazil's allison i'm going to run you well taken patrick push and jeffersonville a guard of switzerland however as soon as the team's taken to the called the heavens opened just as they've been frightening to do for the last hour the south american jew we learned in playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but the rain became stronger suit of the swiss as my level of the match and sent the gold medal game into a decider. the brazilian jewel looked down an hour to spare opponents opened up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal big charity who is a man you were would go on to say the weather conditions certainly didn't help i think they were a makes you feel cold. you know i can lose some concentration in many points another think the ball slips slips more than regular it's hard to control but you know it's because of both teams it's the evolved it's the rain the dreadful weather

didn't manage to spoil what turned out to be unfurling day of beach volleyball for the spectators who have thoroughly entertained the tournament should be back in moscow next here as for sports to keep on developing in russia which. is your sport where there is next thing you see. an issue free could you take three months for such a free. agent three. three. three. three broadcast playfields for your media projects c.d.o. gondar tetons tom.

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